speaking to the bbc‘s asian network, commander dean haydon said it had achieved fantastic results andn't want prevent to succeed or were "ignorant" about how it worked. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. four terror attacks in three months. westminster, manchester arena, london bridge and finsbury park. 36 dead, more than 200 injured, the lives of many others devastated. the attacks raised questions about the strategy for tackling terrorism. one key pa rt involves strategy for tackling terrorism. one key part involves supporting people at risk ofjoining extremist groups and carrying out terrorist activities, known as prevent. it has proved to be highly controversial. the muslim council of britian among others says young muslims are being targeted and communities don't trust it. but a senior police officer says prevent has delivered fantastic result and does not agree with what the critics have said. that is based on sometimes ignorance, that they don't understand properly how prevent works. some of the criticisms come from sections of the community that don't, for a va

commander dean haydon said criticism was based on 'ignorance'.all sections of the community should be really focused on keeping us all safe and i think it had good intentions when it started but u nfortu nately intentions when it started but unfortunately it did not have the confidence of the community and initially it was focused exclusively on muslims. it is now been extended to the far right extremists as well. so its history was not in conjunction with the community. it was imposed on the community. and the concerns that people had is that there is a lack of transparency. i do not think it is particularly helpful to talk about critics being ignorant. you have the former chair of the conservative party, you have david anderson, the former independent reviewer of terrorist legislation, give andy burnham, the former shadow home office minister and people like andy burnham and the baroness have talked about prevent becoming a toxic brand. and is it linked to, what you say was the fact that it started out specifically focusing on muslim community?

commander dean haydon has accused parts of the muslim community of not wanting the programme to work.nt was based on ignorance. he was speaking to nomia iqbal, from the bbc‘s asian network. four terror attacks in three months. it's made some people question whether the goverment‘s key strategy to stop people from being radicalised is working. the programme, called prevent, has been accused of being toxic and stigmatising muslims. but scotland yard's most senior counterterrorism officer has defended it. some of the criticisms coming from sections of the community that don't, for a variety of different reasons, political or otherwise, just don't want prevent to work in the first place. that's based on sometimes ignorance, that they don't understand properly how prevent works... prevent has been around for nearly 15 years. teachers, parents and faith leaders refer people they are suspicious about to a local prevent team. latest figures show there were around 7,500 referrals last year. and of those, action was taken on one in ten cases. those involved in the prevent programme say its work

and you can hear the full interview with commander dean haydon, speaking to nomia iqbal on the bbc‘stomorrow from 10am. police have named a one—year—old girl who died following an incident with a vehicle in merthyr tydfill. pearl melody black suffered fatal injuries yesterday after an unoccupied range rover rolled down a hill and struck a wall. the girl's younger brother suffered minor injuries. a short time ago, our correspondent tomos morgan gave us this update. we have been given a statement from south wales police. they say that they were called to the area, where poll melody black and her family live, near where merthyr tydfil is. the one—year—old was playing with her younger brother, and an unoccupied range rover, parked on a driveway, then rolled down a hill and struck a wall which collapsed. pearl was airlifted to the prince charles hospital in merthyr tydfil, where she sadly died a little later. her younger brother sustained minor injuries. we have had a statement from the family, they have paid tribute. they are heartbroken, of course, but paid tribute to their dancing daug

and you can hear the full interview with commander dean haydon speaking to nomia iqbal on the bbc‘s asian start in turkey. around the globe, caesarean section rates have increased dramatically, even as a large amount of them are not medically required. whilst the average rate is 28% amongst oecd countries, in turkey more than half of babies are born by c—section — the highest rate in the world. selin girit takes a look at why. for this mother of one, life has not always been a walk in the park. on the 36th week of her pregnancy, her doctor said she did not have enough amniotic fluid levels in her womb. she was taken urgently to a caesarean delivery. translation: women who give natural birth talk about how they embraced their babies immediately, how they bonded, how they felt their baby's arrival. i had severe postpartum depression afterwards. was i a bad mother? could i not take care of myself? was that why i had to have a c—section? here at this hospital, eight babies are born today, five of them by caesarean sections. c—sections are popular in turkey. over 50% of babies are born not by

speaking to the bbc‘s asian network, commander dean haydon said it had achieved fantastic results, andcceed or were "ignorant" about how it worked. here's our home affairs correspondent danny shaw. four terror attacks in three months. westminster, manchester arena, london bridge and finsbury park. 36 dead, more than 200 injured, the lives of many others devastated. the attacks raised questions about the strategy for tackling terrorism. one key part involves supporting people at risk ofjoining extremist groups and carrying out terrorist activities, known as prevent. it has proved to be highly controversial. the muslim council of britian among others says young muslims are being targeted and communities don't trust it. but a senior police officer says prevent has delivered fantastic result and does not agree with what the critics have said. that is based on sometimes ignorance, that they don't understand properly how prevent works. some of the criticisms come from sections of the community that don't, for a variety of reasons — political or otherwise — don't want it to work in the first

commander dean haydon, of the metropolitan police's counterterrorism unit, said the man had been arresteder terrorism command are currently investigating an incident that took place just after 8:30pm yesterday in a restricted area near to public —— buckingham palace. a blue toyota peer —— a blue toyota press deliberately drive that police vehicle and stopped in front of it. uniformed officers confronted the driver of that vehicle and during the confrontation the driver reached for a four foot sword that was in the passenger for well. for a four foot sword that was in the passengerfor well. cs gas for a four foot sword that was in the passenger for well. cs gas was used as part of the arrest and during the struggle the individual repeatedly shouted the words allahu akbar. the individual was quickly brought under control and he is a 26—year—old from the luton area and iam glad 26—year—old from the luton area and i am glad to say he is now at a central london police station under custody. i want to thank the police officers concerned. three officers we re officers concerned. three officers w

speaking to the bbc‘s asian network, commander dean haydon said the strategy has achieved fantastic resultson whether the government‘s key strategy to stop people from being radicalised is working. the programme, called prevent, has been accused of being toxic and stigmatising muslims. but scotland yard‘s most senior counterterrorism officer has defended it. some of the criticisms come from sections of the community that don‘t, for a variety of reasons, political or otherwise, just don‘t want prevent to work. that is sometimes based on ignorance. prevent has been around for nearly 15 years. teachers, pa rents for nearly 15 years. teachers, parents and faith leaders refer people they are suspicious about to a local prevent team. latest figures show that there were around 7500 referrals last year and of those, action was taken in one in ten cases. those involved in the prevent programme say its work deals with a range of threats across society including far right extremism. but some have criticised it as an attack on muslims and are not convinced by the way the programme is being run. critics